Using perl for THIS is silly. sed can do everything you'er doing with perl. ----- Eric F Crist On Jul 14, 2012, at 22:03:01, Yaron wrote: > I use perl GCI for this kind of stuff all the time. Basically make your html file (lets call it file.html) and put a marker in there, like %%MD5SUM%% or something. Then your CGI does this: > > #!/usr/bin/perl > $|=1; > $file="file.html"; > chomp($md5=`md5sum direct.tar.bz2`); > > open(F, $file); > while(<F>) { > s/%%MD5SUM%%/$md5/ if (/%%MD5SUM%%/); > print; > } > > close (F); > exit(0); > > That's extremely simplified with no full paths or strict mode or error checking, but you get the idea. > > On Sat, 14 Jul 2012, Brian Wood wrote: > >> I'm wondering how to automate something further. Currently I >> use the following commands (in a script) when I publish a >> new version of the software. >> md5sum direct.tar.bz2 | tee md5checksum >> cat md5checksum | xclip -sel clip >> After that I edit an html file by hand and paste the new >> checksum into the file. Once in a while I forget to do that >> step. So I'd like to figure out how to improve the process. >> What do you suggest? Thanks in advance. >> Shalom, >> Brian Wood >> Ebenezer Enterprises >> http://webEbenezer.net >> > > > -Yaron > > --_______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 455 bytes Desc: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20120714/7d9b6659/attachment.pgp>